Born on 30th March 1975 Indian movie actor Akshaye Khanna is the son of prominent star Vinod Khanna and his first wife Geetanjali. The actor is 5`9" tall. He has one half sister and one half brother. Akshaye Khanna started his film career at the age of 22 with Himalayaputra produced by his father. The film was flopped at the box office but Akshaye`s performance was appreciated. His intense and surprisingly sweet smile has won the viewer`s attention and he has earned a lot of fans. He has able to prove his acting abilities by his second film J P Dutta`s Border and his role, though a tiny one, won a lot of praises from everyone. Akshaye has faced tough time many a times in his career. After `Border long six years in his film career has been extremely disruptive. There was a time when his film career was on the verge of a virtual collapse. But Subhabsh Ghai`s `Taal` put this talented actor back in the reckoning. The actor`s next release was Abbas Mustan`s `Humraaz` in the year 2002. in that film he played a negative role for the first time. His performance was applauded and also earned him a nomination for Filmfare Best Villain Award. He then attempted comedy in Priyadarshan`s `Hungama` in 2003 and `Hulchul` in 2004. Both films did well at the box office, with the latter becoming one of the highest grossing films of 2004. in all these films starting from the role of a romantic hero to a comedian and as well as villain Khanna was trying to prove his versatility. Although his releases, `Shaadi Se Pehle` and `Aap Ki Khatir` failed at the box office, his other release in the same year i.e. in 2006 `36 China Town` performed moderately well. In Nikhil Advani`s multi-starrer, `Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Khanna`s` Khanna played the role of a confused person with much perfection. This was followed by the suspense thriller `Naqaab` by Abbas-Mustan. Akshaye Khanna`s recent portrayal of Harilal Gandhi in the critically acclaimed, `Gandhi, My Father` is really astonishing and was praised by the critics and mentioned as his best performance till date. Even before he has become a star Akshaye has developed an aura. In his real life, he`s a complete normal guy and an extremely private person. He refuses to let anyone into his private and personal matters and because of this he lacks the media`s good graces. The person believes in Self-belief. He never takes more than a project at a single time. The talented actor will surely prove himself opposite the establish actresses in Indian film industry.

Indian movie actor Akshaye Khanna is a tremendous artist who has won a lot of accolades in his short stint. He is highly praised for his simplicity by many of his directors. In the year 1998 he got filmfare award as best debut, he was also nominated for the category of `the best supporting actor award` for the same film. Star screen awarded him as most promising newcomer for his film `Himalaya Putra`. In 2002 he won filmfare best supporting actor award in `Dil Chahta Hain` while Star Screen awarded him special Jury Award for the same. In 2003 he was nominated in best villain category for `Humraaz`. Zee Cine award awarded him best actor in a supporting role in `Dil Chahta Hain` and also a best actor in a negative role in `Humraaz`. He also got IIFA best villain award for `Humraaz`. In 2007 he has won the Australian Indian Film festival as best performance award for his latest film `Gandhi, my Father`.